Maryland contracts for future construction during October totaled $77,389,000, up to 10 per cent compared to October, 1960, F. W. Dodge, Dodge Corporation, reported.

Alfred Bernhard Nobel ( äl ' fred bern ' härd nōbel ') () ( 21 October 1833 – 10 December 1896 ) was a Swedish chemist, engineer, innovator, and armaments manufacturer.

In Poland, Arbor Day is celebrated on October 10.

In October 2006, Dr. Dinter-Gottlieb established a commission to review the Acadia Advantage learning environment 10 years after inception.

In 1774 Salieri married Therese Helferstorfer on 10 October, she was the daughter of a recently deceased financier and official of the court treasury.

Alberto Giacometti (; 10 October 1901 – 11 January 1966 ) was a Swiss sculptor, painter, draughtsman, and printmaker.

Versions of AutoCAD from Release 10 ( October 1988 ) and up support both ASCII and binary forms of DXF.

In October 2000, the Athlon " C " was introduced, raising the mainboard front side bus speed from 100 MHz to 133 MHz ( 266 MT / s ) and providing roughly 10 % extra performance per clock over the " B " model Thunderbird.

Torrio's people murdered O ' Banion in revenge on October 10, 1924, provoking a gang war.

On October 10, 2000, Clinton signed into law the U. S .– China Relations Act of 2000, which granted permanent normal trade relations ( PNTR ) trade status to People's Republic of China.

The city was plundered by the troops of Abd er Rahman in 732, after he had defeated Duke Eudes in the Battle of the River Garonne near Bordeaux and before the former was killed during the Battle of Tours on 10 October.

The Ottomans were superior in number, but on October 10, 1394 ( or 17 May 1395 ), in the Battle of Rovine, on forested and swampy terrain, the Wallachians won the fierce battle and prevented Bayezid from conquering the country.

The ICJ delivered its judgment on 10 October 2002, finding ( based principally on the Anglo-German agreements ) that sovereignty over Bakassi did indeed rest with Cameroon.

Costa Rican colones (₡) per US $ 1 – 512. 11 ( September 4, 2010 ), US $ 1 – 559. 51 ( October 24, 2008 ), per US $ 1 – 500. 10 ( December 2007 ), 516. 78 ( November 2007 ), 506. 11 ( April 2006 ), 479. 57 ( July 2005 ), 299. 63 ( February 2000 ), 285. 68 ( 1999 ), 257. 23 ( 1998 ), 232. 60 ( 1997 ), 207. 69 ( 1996 ) and 179. 73 ( 1995 )

On 10 October 1868, landowner Carlos Manuel de Céspedes made the " Grito de Yara ", the " Cry of Yara ", declaring Cuban independence and freedom for his slaves.

However, in October 2004, the Cuban government announced an end to this policy: from November US dollars would no longer be legal tender in Cuba, but would instead be exchanged for convertible pesos ( since April 2005 at the exchange rate of $ 1. 08 ) with a 10 % tax payable to the state on the exchange of US dollars cash — though not on other forms of exchange.

A revolutionary military uprising, the Wuchang Uprising, began on 10 October 1911, in Wuhan.

* October 10, 1880-The Pearl of Great Price was unanimously accepted as scripture.

Claudius ( Latin: Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ; 1 August 10 BC – 13 October AD 54 ) was Roman Emperor from 41 to 54.

The High School had rock band KISS visit for Homecoming on October 9 & 10, 1975 after the football team started playing their music in the locker room which led to the team winning more.

The first football match at which there were any gate receipts was when Fulham played against Minerva in the Middlesex Senior Cup, on 10 October 1886.

On October 10, 1948, Game 5 of the World Series against the Boston Braves drew over 84, 000.

More recently, on 10 October 2008 Charlton received an indicative offer for the club from a Dubai-based diversified investment company.

On October 10, 1928, Chiang was named director of the State Council, the equivalent to President of the country, in addition to his other titles.

In October 1747 a loya jirga ( grand council ) concluded near the city of Kandahar with Ahmad Shah Durrani being selected as the new leader of the Afghans, thus the Durrani dynasty was founded.

The Afghans gathered near Kandahar in October 1747 and chose Ahmad Shah among the challengers, making him their new head of state.

* October 1747 — A jirga at Kandahar was attended by Afghan representatives who appointed Ahmad Shah Durrani as their new leader.

* October 22 – Nadir Shah of Persia ( d. 1747 )

From 1747 until the close of the war in October 1748 the naval policy of the British government, without reaching a high level, was more energetic and coherent.

Jean-François Rewbell ( October 8, 1747 – November 23, 1807 ) was a French lawyer, diplomat, and politician of the Revolution.

Emily FitzGerald, Duchess of Leinster ( 6 October 1731 – 27 March 1814 ), known before 1747 as Lady Emily Lennox, from 1747 to 1761 as The Countess of Kildare and from 1761 to 1766 as The Marchioness of Kildare, was the second of the famous Lennox sisters, daughters of Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond, and illegitimately descended from King Charles II of England.

She boarded the ship Swallow at Portsmouth on 23 October 1747.

In October 1747, Hawke captured six ships of a French squadron in the Bay of Biscay in the second Battle of Cape Finisterre.

David Brainerd ( April 20, 1718 – October 9, 1747 ) was an American missionary to the Native Americans who had a particularly fruitful ministry among the Delaware Indians of New Jersey.

He died from tuberculosis on 9 October 1747, at the age of 29.

The Second Battle of Cape Finisterre in October 1747. The Western Squadron was a new strategy by Britain's naval planners to operate a more effective blockade system of France by stationing the Home Fleet in the Western Approaches, where they could guard both the English channel and the French Atlantic coast.

On 14 October 1747 the ship took part in the Second Battle of Cape Finisterre a victory off Ushant over the French fleet.

On 22 October 1806 in London he married Hannah Barent-Cohen ( 1783 – 1850 ), daughter of Levi Barent-Cohen ( 1747 – 1808 ) and wife Lydia Diamantschleifer and paternal granddaughter of Barent Cohen and wife, whose other son Salomon David Barent-Cohen ( d. 1807 ) married Sara Brandes, great-grandparents of Karl Marx.

He was present at Rocoux in October 1746 and, having been made Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance on 19 March 1747, he fought at Lauffeld in July 1747, where he led the charge of the British cavalry.

Mark Catesby married Elizabeth Rowland on 2 October 1747.

He was then appointed to his first command, that of the fireship, in which he saw action with Sir Edward Hawke's fleet at the Second Battle of Cape Finisterre on 16 October 1747.

On October 1, 1747, he married Deborah Fletcher ( c. 1727 – 1790 ), with whom he had five children.

Ebenezer Zane ( October 7, 1747 – 1811 ) was an American pioneer, road builder and land speculator.

Robert Burton ( October 20, 1747 – May 31, 1825 ) was an American farmer, Revolutionary War officer, and plantation owner in what is now Vance County, North Carolina ( then Granville County, North Carolina ).

Henry Southard ( October 7, 1747 – May 22, 1842 ) was a United States Representative from the state of New Jersey.

Following the ending of the Jacobite rising, Pulteney's Regiment returned to Flanders, where they fought at the Battle of Roucoux ( October 1746 ) and the Battle of Lauffeld or Val ( July 1747 ).